Let's Debate About It, Episode #1 Studying For What, Exactly?




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 Standardized Testing 

If you live in the United States, you have heard all about standardized testing. From simple ones like a small STAR test to more extreme and well-known ones such as the PSAT, SAT, ACT, etc. Multiple studies have shown that standardized testing has been overwhelming the nation's public schools. A typical student takes 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade, a new Council of the Great City Schools study found. By contrast, most countries that outperform the United States on international exams test students three times during their school careers. Question is, is the use of standardized testing improving education in America? 
                                             

 Listen to this podcast to hear facts, statements, students and teachers and their opinions about standardized testing. Link: https://drive.google.com/a/fenton100.org/file/d/1sizhPJvBUbD5bIqp6SydguW9kCNSc4DB/view?usp=sharing

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Work Cited: "Standardized Testing." Gale Student Resources in Context, Gale, 2017. Student Resources In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/NUTGBY226975631/SUIC?u=bens3507&sid=SUIC&xid=e33dc4a3. Accessed 7 Nov. 2018.
"Standardized Testing." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2018. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3010999023/OVIC?u=bens3507&sid=OVIC&xid=db53345e. Accessed 8 Nov. 2018.










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  1. AnonymousDecember 10, 2018 at 7:53 AM

    I like this topic since it is very controversial and a lot of people can agree and disagree. Good job on the topic choice and the introduction of the podcast.

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